[Deadman]

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/02/wshiel02.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/03/02/ixnewstop.html/news/2003/03/02/wshiel02.xml


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[ravinraven]

Gee whiz. I'll say one thing for the Iraqi folks. Their "squirt or get off the pot" tactics really "flushed" out the heroes among the shills,...er,...shields.

Maybe they went to Isreal to "shield" schools and night clubs and bus stops from those peaceful PLO terrorists. Yeah. Maybe that's where they went. I'll bet it is. How much do you want to bet that's what they did?

madbird

[Hkmp5sd]

Almost all of the first British "human shields" to go to Iraq were on their way home last night after deciding that their much-heralded task was now too dangerous.

Too dangerous? I think the proper word, other than cowardice, busybody, media seeker, idiot and moron, is hypocrisy.

[King]

They talk the talk but didn't walk the walk..........

They weren't the sharpest knives in the drawer.......that's for sure.

[OF]

LOL! What a bunch of hypocrite morons. I'll tell you though, now that they've had their change of heart, they're damn lucky The Butcher of Bahgdad let them leave. He could have just chained them up the SAM batteries and let them die.

- Gabe

[Hawkeye755]

It looks like quite a few villages in England are getting their idiots back. Too bad.

I am actually supriced that they are being allowed to leave. It would not have suprised me to see them arrested as "spies" or such.

[Delmar]

What-they don't trust our marksmanship?:what:

[seeker_two]

Almost all of the first British "human shields" to go to Iraq were on their way home last night after deciding that their much-heralded task was now too dangerous.

Whatever gave them THAT idea?...:banghead:

[Justin]

Hmmm...very similar to the 'hunger strike' that a bunch of protestors went on back in my college days. A bunch of left-wing idiots decided to protest sweatshops by going on a hunger strike...except for Gatorade and vitamins, that is. It seems they don't have much conviction in their beliefs.

[BenW]

It sure was easy for them to talk the talk about their brave anti-war stance when they thought they'd be positioned at places like hospitals, which we would never target.

What amazes me is that there was nothing in the article about the "shields" condeming the Iraqis for telling them to place themselves in strategic locations. They seem to be blaming themselves for not doing what the Iraqis said. Some people never learn. These idiots will return home and continue to support Iraq.

[AZTOY]

Almost all of the first British "human shields" to go to Iraq were on their way home last night after deciding that their much-heralded task was now too dangerous.


Thay must have ran out of WEED and sobered up.http://www.yotatech.com/images/smilies/smokin.gif

[Don Gwinn]

Too dangerous? B.S.

Probably some of them really did stop to think it over and decide they weren't as brave as they thought, but how many, whether they'll admit it or not, were so shocked by their new firsthand experience of Iraq and its benevolent government that they decided they were on the wrong side?

Maybe that's wishful thinking.

[ravinraven]

John Kerry, that's who! He threw "somebody else's medals" over the fence at the Whitehouse in his idiotic war protest. His own hang proudly framed in his orifice. Noisy phony for president! Yeah! Noisy phony for human shield! Yeah!

Yeah.

How about a war movie: "Saving The Village Idiots."??

Or is that: "Saving The Useful Idiots"???

raving whatever

[2dogs]

The Human Sheep- geez does it make you want to:barf:

[Baba Louie]

Well, they DID get a trip to Baghdad out of it. Probably be ALL the talk down at the pub; how they did their part to make a point and take a stance against the evil America/Great Satan.

Would be interesting to know exactly where they were ALL going to be placed tho' and just what it was they were going to be "shielding".

"What's that? Near an Army base, you say? I say gov'nor, can't WE pick the places? What's that? He's a Dictator? Not bloody likely, mate! I'm going back home. Nobody tells ME what to do!"

Why can't we send Alec Baldwin and his ilk over to take their places? Sorry Alec, that was mean spirited of me. And I really do admire your acting skills too.

Adios

[Oatka]

Too Bad.

Perhaps they saw a WWII photo of Mussolini and his mistress hanging by their heels at a gas station after the crowd was done with them.

Perhaps they realized that when Saddam collapsed and the people took to the streets to settle old scores, the Iraqis might not look too kindly on these foreign "friends" of Saddam.

Dang! I was looking forward to stories of plaintive cries of "SAVE ME!" and U.S. troops saying, in the best tradition of Marine boot instructors, "I CAN'T HEAR YOU??"

Human Shields? Hell, I wouldn't even use 'em for panty shields.

[Thumper]

Human Shields? Hell, I wouldn't even use 'em for panty shields.
:what:

I love the plainspoken womenfolk in these parts. :p

[TheeBadOne]

Can't Britian refuse to take them back? :D

[dinosaur]

They decided to leave when they found out the literal Iraqi translation for "shield" is "target of opportunity"
.:neener:

[hutch24]

Looks like its all fun and games till you hear the roar of the jets in the distance. :what: :D

[TheeBadOne]

Hey, here is a photo of Godfrey Meynell putting on a show for the cameras, he's there to stay! (before he left).
http://www.msnbc.com/news/877258.asp?0dm=C348N

[Scott Evans]

These people are not “Human Shields”! A “human shield” is an involuntary captive, a hostage, a victim whose predicament and safety is of legitimate concern to those who may attack. Not one who is a political protestor. One who volunteers to offer aid to a declared enemy of their own country in a time of war is a traitor. This makes them enemies as well. This makes their presence at genuine military targets irrelevant!

Perhaps someone told them.
:uhoh:

[jmbg29]

www.foxnews.com


Some British 'Human Shields' Flee Iraq

Sunday, March 02, 2003


LONDON — Some of the peace activists who went to Iraq to serve as human shields in the event of war returned home, fearing for their safety, a spokesman said Sunday.

The human shields are mostly European activists who drove from London to Baghdad in two double-decker buses last month, intending to guard civilian sites from a U.S.-led military attack.

Those who returned home had safety or financial concerns, spokesman Christiaan Briggs said.

"The aim was always a mass migration and if we had had five to ten thousand people here there would never be a war," he said. "We do not have those numbers."

The Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported that nine of the 11 British human shields in the bus convoy had left Baghdad. Briggs said about a dozen Britons remained in Iraq alongside several dozens from other countries.

He told Britain's Press Association news agency that Iraq limited the sites that human shields could visit. "Now we are being told we cannot go to certain sites, such as hospitals, so we are reassessing our strategy," he said.

U.S. officials have said that it is a war crime to use civilians as human shields and that there's no way of guaranteeing their safety.

On Friday, the head of Sweden's largest peace organization urged human shields to leave Iraq, saying they were being used for propaganda purposes by Saddam Hussein.

Maria Ermanno, chairwoman of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society, cited reports that Iraqi officials were arranging transportation, accommodations and news conferences for the human shields.

"To go down to Iraq and live and act there on the regime's expense, then you're supporting a terrible dictator. I think that method is entirely wrong," Ermanno told Swedish Radio.

"The aim was always a mass migration and if we had had five to ten thousand people here there would never be a war"Dream on. "We do not have those numbers."Not for lack of idiots at least.He told Britain's Press Association news agency that Iraq limited the sites that human shields could visit. "Now we are being told we cannot go to certain sites, such as hospitals, so we are reassessing our strategy," he said.Gee, I wonder why their access for "visiting" hospitals was "limited"? Hmmm.....On Friday, the head of Sweden's largest peace organization urged human shields to leave Iraq, saying they were being used for propaganda purposes by Saddam Hussein.Duh! "To go down to Iraq and live and act there on the regime's expense, then you're supporting a terrible dictator. I think that method is entirely wrong," Ermanno told Swedish Radio.How could left-wing blissninnies be wrong? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :barf:

[jmbg29]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/1803658.jpg :rolleyes: :barf: :fire: :cuss:

[Sir Galahad]

The reason they couldn't visit hospitals is probably because that's where Saddam packs away the dissidents he can't immediately shoot for one reason or another. It also keeps them out of the eyes usually looking at prisons. The Soviets used to pack away dissidents in psychiatric hospitals for a dual purpose. One, it kept them away from the populace and under strict control. Two, it made it appear that anyone against communism was crazy.

The "human shields" had to back off once they learned we'd bomb Iraq whether they were there or not. They had no intention of dying for their beliefs.

[DeltaElite]

Cowards, gutless cowards. :neener:

[LostOneToo]

So...they were all talk and no show huh?!
Figures, their kind always are. Once they figured out that their faces would be the last thing displayed on the camera in the nose of a cruise missle, they suddenly remembered that they had to run home to pay the water bill or car payment.
Ya gotta love a true coward and someone who stands firm by their convictions!!!!!
I can well imagine that their last facial expression upon seeing an incoming cruise would be:what:

[Sir Galahad]

One also wonders if the reason they were denied access to the hospitals is because that's where Saddam is playing keep-away with those important "pharmaceuticals" like anthrax and VX nerve agent.

[SquirrelNuts]

I wonder if any of these were professional protestors? I know that GreenPeace and PETA and similar groups use these. One group called Rainforest Action Network (I think) hires people to chain themselves to trains. One conductor said that his train was leaving at X time, no matter who was chained to it. Well, X time rolls around and the train leaves. They had inserted plastic break-away links in the chain that snapped when the train moved.

-SquirrelNuts

[pax]

One also wonders if the reason they were denied access to the hospitals is because that's where Saddam is playing keep-away with those important "pharmaceuticals" like anthrax and VX nerve agent.

If that were the case, that's where he would have put the human shields.

Instead, he had them protecting army bases... er, I mean, "electric plants."

pax

Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them. -- Walter Kerr

[Standing Wolf]

Frankly, I think they give maggots a bad name, since after all, maggots are born that way, and serve a useful purpose.

[Blackhawk]

Last maggots I saw lived in a horse carcass.... :rolleyes:

[Coronach]

Some of the peace activists who went to Iraq to serve as human shields in the event of war returned home, fearing for their safety, a spokesman said Sunday.Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....say it isn't so! I thought that these were brave, honorable individuals, willing to pay any price for their beliefs! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Mike

[Coronach]

Hmmm...

So Sadam is now ordering the so-called human shields to go guard targets that he wants guarded?

Heh.

No comment. :cool:

Mike

PS I'm merging two related threads. I hope this won't disturb the continuity too much.

[KMKeller]

Someone needs to call Marty Sheen and let him know there are a few openings...